RELG 101 Lecture 5: Religion is Religion – Week 5
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Look to the phenomenon as it truly appears. Durkheim: totem is the symbol of the god and the society. Geertz: anything that serves as a vehicle for a conception, which is the symbol"s meaning. Jung (new): symbols provide connection with out unconscious. Eliade (new): symbolic thinking starts at the same time and maybe prior to language and reasoning. Make the universal world of the sacred appear. Saw symbols at the core of psychoanalysis, and therefore likewise places them at the core of religion. Approaches religion concerned with occurrences, events, experiences, in a world, with facts. Its truth is a fact and not a judgment. Discover commonalities in the myths-most important aspect of religion. Religion appears in similar ways because it stems from a similar source in all times and places. Archaic man used them to help him live in the world therapy / provide meaning. Heroes follow a standard pattern of action hero"s journey .